When is Yom Kippur 2026?
Monday,
September 21, 2026
Begins at sundown on Sunday, September 20, 2026 (sunset is 6:56 PM in New York) and ends at nightfall on Monday, September 21, 2026. 53 days ago, counted from Friday, November 13, 2026, US Eastern Time. Hebrew year 5787.
- Day of week
- Monday
- Against 2025
- 11 days earlier
- Hebrew year
- 5787
- Days ago
- 53
Why Yom Kippur falls when it does in 2026
Yom Kippur is fixed in the Hebrew calendar, which is lunisolar: twelve lunar months fall about eleven days short of a solar year, so a leap month is added seven times in every nineteen. That is why the Gregorian date swings rather than drifts — 11 days earlier than 2025, and why it always lands in roughly the same season.
Yom Kippur 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week number, Monday to Sunday | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | |||||||
| 37 | |||||||
| 38 | |||||||
| 39 | Yom Kippur | ||||||
| 40 |
Within a week of Yom Kippur in 2026
Which dates fall near Yom Kippur changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- MabonTue, Sep 22
- SukkotSat, Sep 26